Mike's Bogota Blog

'Let's Help the Victims of Fascism!!!'  Many of the immigrants came fleeing  fascism in Europe. Colombia has att...

Gerardo Reichel, during his second life.  Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff holds a well-earned place in Colombian academics. After emig...

A schooner like the Resolute, which was sunk by a Nazi U-boat. Seventy years ago today, a Nazi U-boat sank a Colombian schooner, se...

Karl Buchholz on left. The other man is probably one of his sons.  While reading about German immigration to Colombia , I discov...

A sailing ship called a 'goleta,' like Colombia's The R esolute,  sunk by a Nazi U-boat in  Today is the 70th anniversar...

Sometimes, people with the right knowledge can turn a curiosity into a window on historical tragedy. This tomb in Bogotá's Cent...

Holocaust survivors, still strong and eloquent. It was probably best for my ability to sleep that I arrived late at a talk today by five ...